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Door Lock and Handle Assembly - Front




Adjustment-Front Door Lock and Handle Assembly

Inside door release handle to lock

1. Refit the inside door release handle surround before any adjustment is made, allowing the handle to be set from the correct operating position.







2. At the lock end of the interior handle connecting rod, rotate the spring tensioned nyloc nut clockwise or counter-clockwise, as necessary to shorten or extend the operating length of the rod.

Outside door release handle to lock
3. Disconnect the connecting rod from the plastic ferrule at the rear of the outer door release handle. Rotate the rod clockwise or counter-clockwise to shorten or extend the operating length as necessary.


NOTE: Door release should be effective before the total handle movement is exhausted to provide a small overthrow movement.